Clothes and hat stand



J, BOOTH.

CLOTHES AND HAT STAND- APPLICATION FILED NOV. s. 1916.

1,341,106. Patented May 25,1920

wwmfoz JOHN BOOTH, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CLOTHES AND HAT STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed November 6, 1916. Serial No. 129,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BOOTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, Marion county, and State of Indiana, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes and Eat Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hat and clothes stands and its object is to provide an article of this class in which the garments and hats will be protected from contact and concealed from view at the ends of the stand and which will enable the employment of double mirrors capable of affording a complete view of a person standing before the article and which mirrors are capable of being so swung as to be clear of the passageway in front of the stand and at the same time will add an ornamental appearance to the stand and which are free of obstruction by the suspended garments.

With these objects in view, my invention is embodied in preferable form in the article hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the improved stand and Fi 2, a horizontal section.

fieferring to the drawings, 1 is a hollow rectangular box or receptacle constituting the base of the stand and of such height and depth as to provide a convenient seat. Vertical end walls 2 and a rear wall 3 extend above and below the seat base and provide a receptacle closed on three sides and adapted to receive the hats and garments. This receptacle is permanently open at the front. The forwardly pro'ecting' end walls serve to protect the suspen ed clothes and hats from contact with passersby and also serve to conceal the goods from view at the ends, thus obtaining an article of sightly appearance.

Pivotally hung on each end wall 2 of the stand at the front corner is a mirror 4, mounted in a frame 5 which is adapted to be swung back against the end wall with the mirror facing outward, in which position the mirror provides not only its usual reflecting function but also serves as an ornamental facin for the end wall. The mirror and its rame are of a width substantially co-incident with the width of the end Wall. Each mirror is capable of swinging in an arc of 180, terminating at one end at the rear edge of the end wall and at the other end at a point in front of the stand in a plane parallel to the plane of the end wall, whereby both mirrors may be swun forward and set at an angle to one anot er to obtain both back and front views of a person standing in front of the stand. The mirrors preferably extend the entire vertical length of the end walls thus providing full length views.

To obtain the swing of the mirror against the end wall, each mirror frame is preferably provided with an end facing bar 6, projecting from the frame at right angles there to and carrying on its rear face a leaf of a hinge 7 the other leaf of which is secured to'the front face of the end wall 2. By this arrangement the mirror is permitted to swing flat against the end wall at right anles to the plane of the front of the stand. The facing bar 6 also provides the appearance of a wide pilaster or end post imparting a more pleasing finish to the stand. However, this movement may be obtained by other forms of connection permitting the mirror to swing back beyond the plane of the front.

The seat box 1 is provided with hinged seat lid 8. 9 are hooks for hats and clothes, secured to the end walls and rear wall of the stand.

Ordinarily the mirrors hang back against the walls providing a reflecting surface at each end of the stand and also a decorative facing for the end walls. WVhen it is desired to obtain full length front and rear view of a person standing in front of the stand, the mirrors are swung forward at angles to one another as in the use of ordinary double mirrors, and the reflection may be viewed with out obstruction by the suspended garments.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A hat and clothes stand permanently open at the front and having a rear wall and end walls forming an apparel receiving space, and swinging mirrors corresponding in dimensions to the end walls and adapted to cover the same when folded back with the mirrors outward, a connecting bar projecting from the end of the mirror frame at right angles thereto, and a hinge joining the said bar and the front face of the end walls and constituting the only pivotal support for the mirror, said bar covering the space between the mirror and end Wall When the mirror is swung back against the latter in its normal position.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Marion county Indiana, this 2nd day of November, A. D. nineteen hundred and sixteen.

JOHN BOOTH. [L. s.] Witnesses:

A. C. RICE, E. V. BRADFORD. 

